Ceara Foley
Powerfully attuned to nature at an early age, Ceara Foley has always been an advocate for the earth. Her work with at-risk, inner-city children in PA, VA and CA sparked her love of healing through teaching. Ceara serves on the NC Natural Products Association board, is a co-founder of NC Plant Savers and NC American Herbalist's Guild, certified herbalist and beekeeper, land steward of Soulflower Botanical Sanctuary, and director of the Southeast's
oldest herbal studies school; Appalachia School of Holistic Herbalism.

Director; Appalachia School of Holistic Herbalism
Founding Member; NC American Herbalists Guild
Board Member; NC Natural Products Association
Steward; Soulflower Botanical Sanctuary
Member; American Botanical Council
Educational Member; American Herbalists Guild

Amy Steiner
Amy Steiner is an herbalist and mother who has been on a mission since childhood to explore what nature has to offer. In 1997 she began her studies at the University of North Carolina -Asheville where she discovered her love for botany and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Biology. In 1999, she began studying traditional herbalism under Peggy Ellis at the North Carolina School of Natural Healing. These schools provided her with a wonderful knowledge of plants: scientific, medicinal, and traditional. During this time she also studied and performed West African dance with various dance groups, and worked with the YMI Cultural Center performing and teaching children’s dance workshops.
Amy is currently working to share the delights of herbal remedies with the world through her body care business, Savoir. She is also a board member of North Carolina Plant Savers, and Co-director of Kukundi Dance and Drum Camp. As a devoted dancer, herbalist, and mother, she hopes to inspire others to celebrate the natural world and especially the amazing wonders of plants.

www.SavoirHerbals.com

 

Robin Suggs
Mr. Suggs is presently sole proprietor of MoonBranch Botanicals in the small community of Yellow Creek in far western North Carolina. His company supplies the natural products and medicines industry with high quality native raw bulk botanicals produced in their natural habitats. In 1996 he founded and served as executive director of the Yellow Creek Botanical Institute, a 501(c)3 corporation based in Graham County North Carolina. In this position, Mr. Suggs was responsible for the development and management of a non-profit research and development organization utilizing native botanical resources as tools for sustainable economic development in western North Carolina.

MoonBranch Botanicals
Farm Partner; Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project
Co-op America
Green Products Alliance
National Network of Forest Practitioners
North Carolina Consortium on Natural Medicines
North Carolina Goodness Grows/NCDA&CS